Qaf-Waw-Mim
8 words from this root family
Qaf-Waw-Mim (ق-و-م) has 8 words in the Fahm dictionary: qawm (people / nation / tribe), al-Qayyūm (The Self-Sustaining / The Sustainer of all (divine name)), qāʾimat aṭ-ṭaʿām (menu), maqām (station / standing place / rank), and 4 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 660 times in 597 verses, across 79 of the 114 suras. The first is in 1:6. The form قَوْمٌ (people / nation / tribe) accounts for 383 of them.
Themes: Quranic, Dining, Basics, Abstract Concepts, Academic Formal, Literature Arts
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
قَوْمٌ qawm | people / nation / tribe | noun, A1 | 383× | The Most Frequent Words (Part 3) |
الْقَيُّومُ al-Qayyūm | The Self-Sustaining / The Sustainer of all (divine name) | noun, B1 | 3× | Knowledge, Reflection, and Recitation |
قَائِمَة الطَّعَام qāʾimat aṭ-ṭaʿām | menu | phrase, A1 | At the Restaurant - Part 1 | |
مَقَامٌ maqām | station / standing place / rank | noun, B1 | 14× | Knowledge, Reflection, and Recitation |
تَقْوِيمٌ taqwīm | form / constitution / best stature | noun, B2 | 1× | Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology |
قِيمَة qīma | value / worth | noun, B1 | Values & Beliefs | |
تَقْيِيم taqyīm | evaluation / assessment | noun, B2 | Academic Writing | |
مَقَام maqām | musical mode / maqam | noun, B2 | 14× | Music & Performance |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَAnd when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with thy staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which Allah hath provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth.
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُAllah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal.
وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِى وَخَافَ وَعِيدِAnd verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is for him who feareth My Majesty and feareth My threats.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Masculine collective noun. Plural: أَقْوَامٌ (aqwām). Often used with possessive pronouns: قَوْمِهِ (his people), قَوْمِي (my people).
Every prophet in the Quran was sent to his qawm (people). The Quran narrates the stories of various nations and their responses to God's messengers.
Intensive adjective (fayyūl pattern). From قَامَ (to stand/sustain). Means the One who sustains all creation and never sleeps or tires.
The Prophet ﷺ said the Greatest Name of God (al-Ism al-Aʿẓam) is in the combination الحَيّ القَيُّوم - frequently used in supplication.
Masculine noun (place noun, mafʿal pattern). From قَامَ (to stand). مَقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (Station of Abraham) in Makkah. Plural: مَقَامَاتٌ.
In Sufism, maqāmāt are spiritual stations on the path to God. Maqām Ibrāhīm at the Kaaba marks where Abraham stood while building it.
Form II maṣdar (تَفْعِيل). From قَوَّمَ (to straighten/form properly). Means the best form, structure, or constitution.
This verse affirms human dignity - every person is created in the finest form. It is the basis for Islamic human rights ethics.